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• Curator Racquel Chevremont Makes Her Real Housewives of New York Debut

  03-10-2024 23:30 via artnews.com
  
  The second season of a rebooted Real Housewives of New York kicked off earlier this week, and by most accounts, the art world is well represented by Racquel Chevremont, a curator, model, collector, art adviser, and former partner to artist Mickalene Thomas.Whether Chevremont will come to be a breakout star on the show is yet to be seen. She was introduced in scene that saw head housewife Jenna Lyons rummaging through her closet while her girlfriend’s mother—whom she has just met for
  
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• Garth Brooks Is Accused of Rape and Assault in Lawsuit

  03-10-2024 23:02 via nytimes.com
  
  A woman who worked as a hair and makeup stylist for the country superstar says he subjected her to repeated advances. Mr. Brooks did not immediately respond to the allegations.
  
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• Nolita’s Elizabeth Street Garden Faces Eviction After Development Dispute

  03-10-2024 22:33 via artnews.com
  
  The Elizabeth Street Garden, a communal outdoor space in downtown Manhattan, has been served a two-week eviction notice by New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development after a lengthly legal dispute. The notice comes three months after a legal ruling in July allowing the city to move ahead with developing the plot of land where the small urban haven is located to build affordable housing.The garden, filled with antique statues, seating, and a stone walkway for Manhatt
  
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• Man Agrees to Guilty Plea for Trafficking Stolen Andy Warhol Print of Vladimir Lenin Worth $175,000

  03-10-2024 22:11 via artnews.com
  
  A man has pled guilty to a federal charge of trafficking after trying to sell a stolen Andy Warhol print of Vladimir Lenin to an auction house.A press release from the US Attorney’s office for the Central District of California said Brian Alec Light is expected to plead guilty to one count of interstate transportation of stolen goods. The work, that release said, has an estimated value of “at least $175,000.” The federal charge carries a maximum sentence of ten years in prison.
  
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• Impressive Result at Christie’s Sheds Light on the Steady Ascent of 97-Year-Old Painter Lois Dodd 

  03-10-2024 21:07 via artnews.com
  
  At Christie’s Post War to Present sale on Tuesday, the first lot offered was for a charming and subtle picture, Lois Dodd’s Reflection of the Barn (1971). The work, a frame-within-a-frame painting that depicts an almost Magritte-esque image of a fragmented barn seen though a closed window with sheer white curtains on the outside, carried a modest estimate of between $60,000 and $80,000. By the end of a fierce tug-of-war between two bidders, the painting sold for $378,000, nearly
  
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• Impressive Result at Christie’s Sheds Light on the Steady Ascent of 95-Year-Old Painter Lois Dodd 

  03-10-2024 21:07 via artnews.com
  
  At Christie’s Post War to Present sale on Tuesday, the first lot offered was for a charming and subtle picture, Lois Dodd’s Reflection of the Barn (1971). The work, a frame-within-a-frame painting that depicts an almost Magritte-esque image of a fragmented barn seen though a closed window with sheer white curtains on the outside, carried a modest estimate of between $60,000 and $80,000. By the end of a fierce tug-of-war between two bidders, the painting sold for $378,000, nearly
  
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• Impressive Result at Christie’s Sheds Light on the Steady Ascent of 95-Year-Old Painter Lois Dobbs 

  03-10-2024 21:07 via artnews.com
  
  At Christie’s Post War to Present sale on Tuesday, the first lot offered was for a charming and subtle picture, Lois Dobbs’ Reflection of the Barn (1971). The work, a frame-within-a-frame painting that depicts an almost Magritte-esque image of a fragmented barn seen though a closed window with sheer white curtains on the outside, carried a modest estimate of between $60,000 and $80,000. By the end of a fierce tug-of-war between two bidders, the painting sold for $378,000, nearly
  
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• ‘Where’s Wanda’ Is a Charming German Dramedy

  03-10-2024 20:30 via nytimes.com
  
  A small-town European murder mystery but more stylish than most — and less miserable.
  
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• Daniel Dae Kim in ‘Yellow Face’: Identity Politics, Funny at Last

  03-10-2024 20:18 via nytimes.com
  
  David Henry Hwang’s 2007 play, now in a fine Broadway revival, is a pointed critique of identity, masquerading as a mockumentary.
  
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• She Was Diagnosed With Brain Cancer, Then Wrote a Rom-Com About It

  03-10-2024 19:42 via nytimes.com
  
  Sophie Kinsella, the author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic” packs love, laughter and a harrowing real-life health ordeal into a 133-page novella.
  
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• Artist Sues Over Copyright Rejection for Award-Winning Artwork Generated by AI

  03-10-2024 19:39 via artnews.com
  
  On Thursday, artist Jason M. Allen requested that a Colorado federal court reverse a U.S. copyright office decision to reject copyright protection for an award-winning image he made using AI.In the lawsuit, Allen claims that he should receive copyright for his piece Théâtre d’Opéra Spatial as an expression of his creativity. He applied for a copyright registration for the work, depicting a futuristic royal court, which won the state’s art fair competition in 2022.
  
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• This Denver Arts Festival Has Been Named the Best in the World - Westword

  03-10-2024 19:22
  This Denver Arts Festival Has Been Named the Best in the World  Westword
  
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• ‘Rust’ Western Will Premiere in Europe 3 Years After Fatal Shooting

  03-10-2024 18:59 via nytimes.com
  
  After the Alec Baldwin movie turned into the scene of a tragedy with the death of its cinematographer, the film will debut next month at a festival that celebrates cinematography.
  
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• ‘The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Finale Recap: Highs and Lows

  03-10-2024 18:17 via nytimes.com
  
  The second season ended in a whirlwind of fire and steel, darkness and light, capping an eight-episode run with many ups and downs.
  
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• Lawyers for a Sean Combs Accuser Ask to Withdraw From Her Case

  03-10-2024 18:03 via nytimes.com
  
  A dispute between Adria English, who has accused Mr. Combs of sexual misconduct, and her lawyers is the latest twist in the civil litigation the music mogul is facing.
  
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• Jules de Balincourt Might Just Be Brooklyn’s Rousseau - Observer

  03-10-2024 17:42
  Jules de Balincourt Might Just Be Brooklyn’s Rousseau  Observer
  
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• Meet the Latest Addition to the Art World: The Artist’s Agent

  03-10-2024 17:39 via artnews.com
  Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday.In June, New York Times art critic Roberta Smith took a walk down memory lane on the Independent art fair’s podcast Previously Unknown. She described her early days exploring the 1970s art world, a place so small it would be unrecognizable today.“I could see everything I wanted to in a day,&
  
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• A New Modern and Contemporary Art Museum Called PoMo Will Open in Norwegian City of Trondheim in 2025

  03-10-2024 17:22 via artnews.com
  
  A new, privately funded modern and contemporary art museum called PoMo is slated to open in Norway’s third-largest city, Trondheim, next year.PoMo – an abbreviation of Posten Moderne, which was initially going to be the name of the museum before it was scrapped for the punchy two-syllable title – will span five floors and over 43,000 square feet of Trondheim’s old, art nouveau post office building.Its permanent collection will include works by Louise Bourgeois,
  
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• ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Review: Make ‘Em Laugh (and Yawn)

  03-10-2024 17:20 via nytimes.com
  
  Todd Phillip’s “Joker” sequel stars Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga who sing and dance like crazy kids, but the movie is seriously un-fun.
  
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• From One Nonagenarian Artist to Another, a Tip of the Hat

  03-10-2024 17:12 via nytimes.com
  
  Alex Katz admired a Mark di Suvero sculpture and gave it to the Brooklyn Museum. It now has pride of place in the museum’s 200th anniversary celebration.
  
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• A Family Feud and a Locked-Away Klimt Masterpiece in Brussels Cause Friction, Research Suggests Looking at Real Art is Good for Our Brains: Morning Links for October 3, 2024

  03-10-2024 17:09 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesMYSTERY KLIMT MANSION DISPUTE. Will the public soon be allowed to visit the mysterious Palais Stoclet mansion in Brussels? The sumptuous Unesco heritage site designed by Viennese architect Josef Hoffmann, is graced by an original Gustav Klimt mosaic frieze, The Tree of Life (1905-1911). However, the property has been clos
  
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• Brooklyn Museum at 200 Celebrates Beauty and Art’s Hidden History

  03-10-2024 16:58 via nytimes.com
  
  A new American wing draws on feminist and racially and ethnically diverse thinking to spotlight 200 exceptional works in its collection.
  
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• What James Ensor Knew About the Masks We Wear

  03-10-2024 16:53 via nytimes.com
  
  Seventy-five years after the artist’s death, the grotesque masquerades he painted aren’t so far from the manipulated faces of the present day.
  
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• John Giorno’s Former Home Is Now One of New York’s Coolest Alternative Art Spaces

  03-10-2024 16:21 via artnews.com
  
  One recent evening, not far from the perfectly preserved bedroom of William S. Burroughs and a vintage Orgone Accumulator set up to capture esoteric energies, the late poet and artist John Giorno could be seen reciting the quizzical line “God, please fuck my mind for good!” He was present in the form of footage from a documentary from 1995, but the occasion was more timely: a 50th-anniversary celebration of Giorno Poetry Systems, a nonprofit that has been the impetus for some intrigu
  
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• What the World’s Top Collectors Bought in 2024, From Contemporary Still Lifes to 16th-Century Sculptures of Saints

  03-10-2024 15:15 via artnews.com
  
  While much has been said—and written—about the state of the art market, that hasn’t affected the purchasing decisions of the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors who have continued to acquire a variety of works for their vast holdings. Reflecting on purchases made over the past 12 months, the Top 200 have given insight into what they bought and what drew them to those works. The artists included in this cohort range from art historical ones like Pablo Picasso, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert
  
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• A Rom-Com About Brain Cancer? Leave It to Sophie Kinsella.

  03-10-2024 15:08 via nytimes.com
  
  The author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic” packs love, laughter and a harrowing real-life health ordeal into a 133-page novella.
  
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• Collecting During Uncertain Times: An Introduction to the 2024 Edition of the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors List

  03-10-2024 15:05 via artnews.com
  
  To say that the art market is on shaky ground may be the understatement of the year. As one dealer told me this past spring, in unequivocal terms: “The market’s shit. Anyone who tells you different is lying.” Dealers and advisers across the board have confirmed as much (some of them adding that its being a US presidential election year doesn’t help matters). The talk of the summer was a memo circulated by adviser Jacob King, who, in taking the temperature of the market as
  
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• A Historic Exhibition of Lithuanian Art at the Centre Pompidou Unveils Undiscovered Modernist Gems

  03-10-2024 15:00 via artnews.com
  
  MO Museum (a modern art museum in Vilnius) and the Centre Pompidou have organized a collaborative exhibition, “Lithuanian Contemporary Art from the 1960s to Today: A Major Donation.“ This is the first-ever exhibition of Lithuanian art at the Centre Pompidou, showcasing the richness and uniqueness of modern and contemporary from that country. The survey introduces works by several generations of artists, now part of the Centre Pompidou’s collection.Related ArticlesCollecting Dur
  
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• Fresh Off US Pavilion in Venice, Jeffrey Gibson Joins Hauser & Wirth

  03-10-2024 14:00 via artnews.com
  
  Hauser & Wirth will now represent Jeffrey Gibson, who this year did the United States Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, marking the first time an Indigenous artist received that honor solo.Related ArticlesIn Radiant Paintings and Beaded Extravaganzas, Jeffrey Gibson Remixes Native American Histories Inside Jeffrey Gibson’s US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Where Color Brings History to Life Gibson will have his first solo show with Hauser & Wirth in Paris in October
  
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• ‘Daaaaaalí!’ Review: Keeping It Surreal

  03-10-2024 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The French absurdist director Quentin Dupieux did not make a biopic of Salvador Dalí — he adopted the Surrealist painter’s approach to deliver a particularly loopy tale.
  
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• ‘Blink’ Review: The Last Things They May See

  03-10-2024 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In this travel documentary, two parents take their children on a spectacular world tour before a rare genetic condition may cause blindness.
  
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• Colorado Arts Spotlight, Oct. 3 – 6: Tour de Corgi, Art on the Corner and more - Colorado Public Radio

  03-10-2024 12:02
  Colorado Arts Spotlight, Oct. 3 – 6: Tour de Corgi, Art on the Corner and more  Colorado Public Radio
  
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• Sotheby’s to Auction Three Works from Harry F. Guggenheim Collection in November Modern Evening Sale

  03-10-2024 12:00 via artnews.com
  
  Sotheby’s will offer three artworks from the collection of Harry F. Guggenheim as part of its Modern Evening sale in November. The proceeds of the three works, Alberto Giacometti’s bronze sculpture Buste (Tête tranchante) (Diego), Franz Marc’s painting Das Lange Gelbe Pferd and Paul Gaugin’s ceramic sculpture La Femme noire, will benefit the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.“Harry Frank Guggenheim exhibited an extraordinary drive for innovation, with contribu
  
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• Tory Burch Shares Her Makeup and Skin-Care Essentials

  03-10-2024 11:07 via nytimes.com
  
  Plus: a new hotel on the Athens Riviera, salvaged jewelry and more recommendations from T Magazine.
  
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• ‘Saturday Night Live’: 11 Defining Political Sketches

  03-10-2024 11:06 via nytimes.com
  
  Since the 1970s, the late-night institution has offered up definitive impersonations of American presidents and other politicians. Here are its most memorable political sketches.
  
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• 7 Books Like ‘Heartstopper’ to Read After You Binge Season 3 on Netflix

  03-10-2024 11:05 via nytimes.com
  
  Earnest love stories by Rainbow Rowell, TJ Klune and Talia Hibbert will tug at your heartstrings while grappling with real, often dark, issues.
  
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• ‘White Bird’ Review: After ‘Wonder,’ a Bully Moves On

  03-10-2024 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  A boy starts a new school and gets a history lesson from his grandmother, played by Helen Mirren.
  
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• ‘The Outrun’ Review: From Rock Bottom to Recovery

  03-10-2024 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  Saoirse Ronan gives another stunning performance in a story about an alcoholic in search of healing.
  
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• ‘It’s What’s Inside’ Review: I Gotta Be You

  03-10-2024 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  A limp body-swapping comedy doesn’t really know what makes its subgenre so funny.
  
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• ‘Intercepted’ Review: The Awful Intimacy of the War in Ukraine

  03-10-2024 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  In leaked phone calls home, Russian soldiers grapple with the war they’re waging. This new documentary sets the calls’ swagger and anguish against images of the invasion’s devastation.
  
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• In London, a Showcase of Art From the South Asian Diaspora

  03-10-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  The collector and curator Rajan Bijlani will showcase the works of six artists and his sizable design collection in “Syncretic Voices,” a Frieze Week exhibition.
  
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• At Frieze London, Artists Make Connections Through Clay

  03-10-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  In a new section, Indigenous and expatriate artists explore land loved, lost and left behind in a medium well suited to the task: ceramics.
  
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• Artist Lee Bul Ruffles the Met’s Staid Niches

  03-10-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  The artist for the fifth Facade Commission created Cubist sculptures that look forward and backward. The question is what more the Met can do going forward.
  
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• Ahead of Frieze London, Three British Artists Reflect

  03-10-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  Tapped to curate a new section of the fair, Yinka Shonibare, Zenib Sedira and Lubaina Himid discuss what has been lost, and gained, since Brexit hit the London art market.
  
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• In Tokyo, a Small Gallery Focuses on Conceptual Art

  03-10-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Striving to be unique, it is bringing attention to artists from around the world whose works have rarely been seen in Japan.
  
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• Tehching Hsieh Changed the Art World. Then He Left It All Behind.

  03-10-2024 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  With his extreme performance art, Tehching Hsieh gave the word endurance new meaning. In retirement, he’s working on cementing his legacy.
  
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• As Taylor Swift and Others Revive Cassettes, Fans Look for Tape Decks

  03-10-2024 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Musicians and fans have developed a new taste for an old format, but manufacturers largely stopped making players. Listeners are finding creative (and vintage) solutions.
  
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• Frieze London: Billy Childish Refuses All Labels

  03-10-2024 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The British musician, artist and writer will do a live painting session at Frieze London. These days he’s focusing on landscapes and his family.
  
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• Fall into autumn with these arts events | Emory University | Atlanta GA - Emory News Center

  03-10-2024 09:00
  Fall into autumn with these arts events | Emory University | Atlanta GA  Emory News Center
  
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• Late Night Sums Up a Strangely Chill VP Debate

  03-10-2024 08:09 via nytimes.com
  
  Jimmy Fallon said viewers “were expecting a horror movie, but instead, they got a Hallmark movie.”
  
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